Audiobook8 hours
What the Children Told Us: The Untold Story of the Famous “Doll Test” and the Black Psychologists Who Changed the World
Written by Tim Spofford
Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
Does racial discrimination harm Black children's sense of self? The Doll Test illuminated its devastating toll.
Dr. Kenneth Clark visited rundown and under-resourced segregated schools across America, presenting Black children with two dolls: a white one with hair painted yellow and a brown one with hair painted black. The psychological experiment Kenneth developed with his wife, Mamie, designed to measure how segregation affected Black children's perception of themselves and other Black people, was enlightening-and horrifying. Over and over again, the young children-some not yet five years old-selected the white doll as preferable, and the brown doll as "bad." Some children even denied their race.
What the Children Told Us is the story of the towering intellectual and emotional partnership between two Black scholars who highlighted the psychological effects of racial segregation. The Clarks' story is one of courage, love, and an unfailing belief that Black children deserved better than what society was prepared to give them, and their unrelenting activism played a critical role in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. The Clarks' decades of impassioned advocacy, their inspiring marriage, and their enduring work shines a light on the power of passion in an unjust world.
Dr. Kenneth Clark visited rundown and under-resourced segregated schools across America, presenting Black children with two dolls: a white one with hair painted yellow and a brown one with hair painted black. The psychological experiment Kenneth developed with his wife, Mamie, designed to measure how segregation affected Black children's perception of themselves and other Black people, was enlightening-and horrifying. Over and over again, the young children-some not yet five years old-selected the white doll as preferable, and the brown doll as "bad." Some children even denied their race.
What the Children Told Us is the story of the towering intellectual and emotional partnership between two Black scholars who highlighted the psychological effects of racial segregation. The Clarks' story is one of courage, love, and an unfailing belief that Black children deserved better than what society was prepared to give them, and their unrelenting activism played a critical role in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. The Clarks' decades of impassioned advocacy, their inspiring marriage, and their enduring work shines a light on the power of passion in an unjust world.
Related to What the Children Told Us
Related audiobooks
Jim Crow's Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRacecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study, With a New Preface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Hands, White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Never Called It Rape - Updated Edition: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJust Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Unteachables: Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomeward: Life in the Year After Prison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCounterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGood White Racist?: Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Black Man's President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, & the Pursuit of Racial Equality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fear of Black Consciousness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Psychology For You
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 48 Laws of Power Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Banish Your Inner Critic: Silence the Voice of Self-Doubt to Unleash Your Creativity and Do Your Best Work Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond Small Talk: How to Have More Dynamic, Charismatic and Persuasive Conversations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How To Win Friends And Influence People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Starts with Self-Compassion: A Practical Road Map Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You’re Not the Only One F*cking Up: Breaking the Endless Cycle of Dating Mistakes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sociopath: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for What the Children Told Us
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews